Welcome to Class 2  2024-25

Mrs Taylor and Mrs Merrill are looking forward to welcoming you to their classroom. 

Autumn 2024 Term 1 

We are excited to greet everyone on Tuesday and we hope that you have all had a super Summer Holiday!

We will assist to settle you all back into the classroom routines and especially help those new year 1 children to relax and enjoy Class 2.  You have a fun packed half term of learning ahead!

Handwriting

In order to make the transition to cursive (joined) handwriting easier later on in school, we have moved to precursive handwriting in Year 1. This will allow the children to see where the letters join together and also allows the pencil to flow more freely without coming off the paper. 

Year 2 will move onto cursive writing when they are confident with their letter joins.

TOP TIP 

Reading

Read with and to your children. Listen to them read regularly as this helps their confidence and their writing too. Read different books: Stories, Fact books, comics, cards and letters.   

Buy your child a small notebook and a pencil. They can write in it, describing all the things that you do together or things that they have done with their friends. A fun resource and can encourage an interest in writing. 

Seesaw

Our class is going to be using an online tool called Seesaw, it’s a secure online learning journal where children can create and upload their work to document their learning.

Your child will add things like photos, videos, worksheets, drawings and voice recordings to their Seesaw journal.

Seesaw journals are private and only accessible by the teacher, students, and parents.  

Physical Education  - PE lessons will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays: On Tuesday it is delivered by the Lancashire sports partnership. All children must wear suitable clothing.  

Home learning/ Useful websites

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/#       https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/    

 https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/      http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/     https://www.topmarks.co.uk/